Fort Royal is in Worcester, a City in England. It had a quiet history as a piece of open ground, until 3 September 1651, when as a defensive fort of the Royalists under King Charles II, it was overrun by the Parliamentarians under Oliver Cromwell. The remains of the high earthworks are very evident, in what is now a pleasant public park near the the Commandery Museum. Friends of Fort Royal is a group of neighbours set up to take an interest in the park and its wider area.

Thursday, July 27, 2006

Mysterious walls in the Canal Trench

It's in the last few days of the dig that the really promising structures have come to light in the canal trench, but there is little time left to investigate this collection of walls lying closely against each other horizontally and vertically. They are certainly mediaeval, and must be part of the original hospital. The last picture is of the gallant garden trench workers, who have had lots of mixed finds, but no structures for all their hard work.